Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, and Cameron Diaz To Star in Vanilla Sky

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By Scott Brake

According to a report in today's Variety, Almost Famous director Cameron Crowe's next project, Vanilla Sky, will be will be a remake of "the Spanish-language romantic thriller Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes)." Crowe will write and direct the project, which stars Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, and Penelope Cruz (who also starred in Open Your Eyes).

The 1997 original (released in the U.S. in 1998 by Artisan Entertainment) was written and directed by Alejandro Amenabar (who is currently, according to the piece, "directing his English-language debut, the sci-fi horror picture The Others" starring Nicole Kidman), and concerns a wealthy womanizer who "falls in love with his best friend's girlfriend. The next day, he is in a car with a previous ¿ and fiercely jealous ¿ conquest, who commits suicide by driving the car into a tree. The bachelor survives the crash, but with his face hideously disfigured."

Apparently the project has been on Cruise's mind for a couple of years now: Variety states that "his Paramount-based company C/W Productions, bought the film's English language remake rights from foreign sales and production company Summit Entertainment in 1998."